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All - Talked with an eBay seller today (I had bought some other proofs from him) who has a UK proof of Twice the Power. He asked what I knew about it and how much I thought it might be worth. I told him truthfully that, as far as the print run, not only didn't I know but I don't think anybody else does either. He said he has been told 1 to 25 copies, and there's a thread in the forums mentioning 40. I told him I'd try to get a better answer, so here I am.

As far as price, I quoted him a forum entry from June 2008 that said "$200+ on a good eBay day", but also told him it depends on who wants what, when, and how badly they want it ... could go for $200 this month or $500 next month, you just never know on eBay. I suggested he put it up for offers here and at TDT , as well as eBay, to try and get top dollar.

The collectors of Stephen King proofs in general and TWICE THE POWER in particular may be interested to know that Hodder printed the sheets and (blue wrappers) for a solo proof of the UK hardcover edition of FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, but abandoned the project in favour of the TWICE THE POWER omnibus. To the best of my knowledge, only one flat, mint set of the unbound sheets of the solo FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT proof survives, complete with an immaculate, flat blue wrapper.
TWICE THE POWER was not inexpensive to manufacture and is, therefore, in correspondingly short supply. A dozen battered copies were given to booksellers at the 1991 UK Fantasy Con in London - which is almost certainly the portal through which they escaped into the wicked world of the collector - but pristine copies are and always were in very short supply.
The FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT solo proof sheets are almost certainly unique.

Speaking of unique proofs, King collectors seem to be unaware that one of the most precious King proofs is that of the first UK edition of THE GUNSLINGER (yes, DARK TOWER, volume 1) as, to the best of my knowledge, it is the ONLY Gunslinger proof, since Donald Grant did not issue one. Indeed, the UK can claim to have produced a number of unusual (and now quite rare) King item.